He stretched out his arms to the crystalline, radiant sky

"I know myself", he cried, "but that is all"

Oct. 27th, 2019

goldenguess: A 23 year-old recent college graduate with my degree in Economics. I live in Chicago and work in marketing, but I plan on experiencing life in many other cities. I love constantly learning and seeing new things. I travel, paint, make costumes, dance, go to fun shows & try to do a lot of cultural activities. In my down time I like to browse used bookstores, walk to the lake, listen to records, over analyze all the shows I watch, take too many pictures & make my own programs for fun.

Books: The Book Thief, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Norwegian Wood, After Dark, The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451, Catching Fire, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Fault in Our Stars, 1Q84, Hyperion.

Feb. 17th, 2017

BOOKS: sin in the second city. thirteen days. the commitment. war stories. a streetcar named desire. the kid (what happened after my boyfriend and I decided to get pregnant). slash. the dirt: motley crue. peony in love. beasts. fight club. gang leader for a day. forever barbie. gossip girl: I will always love you. american political writing 2009. the joy luck club. holidays on ice. me talk pretty one day. skipping towards gomorrah. this side of paradise. walk this way: the autobiography of aerosmith. taxpayer's tea party. mediation on the first philosophy. candide. the communist manifesto. how to read. generation me. gig, the death and life of the great american school system. hiroshima. phantoms in the brain. this is your brain on music. founding myths. scar tissue. team of rivals. president nixon. turn away thy son. presidential confidential.

Feb. 11th, 2017

BOOKS going rogue. letters to jackie. the other boleyn girl. fingersmith. bossypants. delivered from evil. catch-22. water for elephants. does the noise in my head bother you. life. Sisterhood Everlasting. the wind-up bird chronicle. sistine secrets. no one would listen. hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world. the help. hyperspace.

SONGS I LISTENED TO REPEATEDLY All About Us - He is We ft. Owl City, Another Song About The Weekend - A Day to Remember, I Wouldn't Mind - He is We, The Engine Driver - The Decemberists, Shake it Out - Florence + The Machine, I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz, What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction, What's On My Mind - Kansas, Just The Way You Are - Pierce The Veil, Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton, Good To You - Marianas Trench, Acadia - Marianas Trench, Masterpiece Theatre Part I - Marianas Trench, Masterpiece Theatre Part III - Marianas Trench, Beside You - Marianas Trench, Celebrity Status - Marianas Trench, Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder, Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepson. Ever After - Marianas Trench, No Place Like Home - Marianas Trench, Caraphernelia - Pierce the Veil ft. Jeremy McKinnon, Hold On Till May - Pierce the Veil, Bulls in the Bronx - Pierce the Veil. For Emma, Forever ago (the entire album, seriously). Perth - Bon Iver